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As far as we have been able to discover, the received rule originated in 1770 as a comment on less: "This Word is most commonly used in speaking of a Number; where I should think Fewer would do better. 'No Fewer than a Hundred' appears to me, not only more elegant than 'No less than a Hundred', but more strictly proper." (Robert Baker 1770). [14]
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The more the issue is thus narrowed, the more exactly can it be handled: but also the less closely does it correspond to real life. I.e. The more we apply the rule of ceteris paribus the further we distance ourselves from reality, e.g. If hydrocarbon fuels are infinite then society is sustainable.
Dysphemism: substitution of a harsher, more offensive, or more disagreeable term for another. Opposite of euphemism. Ekphrasis: lively describing something you see, often a painting. Epanorthosis: immediate and emphatic self-correction, often following a slip of the tongue. Euphemism: substitution of a less offensive or more agreeable term for ...
More or Less may refer to: More or Less (radio programme), a UK programme focusing on numbers and statistics; More or Less (puzzle), an alternate name for the logic puzzle Futoshiki; More or Less (pricing game), a pricing game on the game show The Price Is Right; More or Less, a 2018 album by Dan Mangan "More or Less", a song by Screaming Trees ...
In linguistics, phraseology is the study of set or fixed expressions, such as idioms, phrasal verbs, and other types of multi-word lexical units (often collectively referred to as phrasemes), in which the component parts of the expression take on a meaning more specific than, or otherwise not predictable from, the sum of their meanings when used independently.
Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. [1] In translation theory, another term for literal translation is metaphrase (as opposed to paraphrase for an analogous translation).
Synonym list in cuneiform on a clay tablet, Neo-Assyrian period [1] A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are ...